A Bright Nowhere: Journeying Into Improvisation (2023)
An important audio-visual record of a landmark series of four concerts staged in London in 2022 when more than 30 musicians joined improviser, percussionist and animateur Eddie Prévost to mark his 80th birthday. The film takes a close look at improvisers who create music in the moment, free from the authority of a composer, score or conductor. Ranging from profound delicacy to subversive atonality, the “awkward wealth” of this music raises vital questions about artistic freedom, individual responsibility and what it means for people to make music together in the 21st Century. Featuring performances by John Butcher, Sue Lynch, Ute Kanngiesser, Marjolaine Charbin, Nathan Moore, Seymour Wright, Veryan Weston, Alan Wilkinson, John Tilbury and Eddie Prévost amongst others. Plus readings by musician and author David Toop. The film includes the last ever concert by AMM, the pioneering improvising group co-founded by Eddie Prévost in the mid-1960s.
Director: Stewart Morgan Hajdukiewicz
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Eddie Prévost as |
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Sue Lynch as |
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Ute Kanngiesser as |
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John Butcher as |
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Marjolaine Charbin as |
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Nathan Moore as |
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Seymour Wright as |
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Veryan Weston as |
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Alan Wilkinson as |
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John Tilbury as |
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Ross Lambert as |
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Chris Hill as |
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James Malone as |
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Emmanuelle Waeckerlé as |
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Tom Wheatley as |
| Directing | Stewart Morgan Hajdukiewicz | Director |
| Sound | Rupert Clervaux | Sound Editor |
| Art | Studio Cymbal | Art Department Coordinator |
| Writing | David Toop | Writer |
| Crew | Fielding Hope | Manager of Operations |
| Production | Abby Thomas | Location Manager |
| Camera | Ted Mitchell | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Stewart Morgan Hajdukiewicz | Writer |
| Sound | Pedro Subtil | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Laura Belinky | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Billy Steiger | Sound Editor |
| Production | Jackson Burton | Location Manager |
| Art | Myah Chun Grierson | Graphic Designer |
